No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature.

I do not think that any civilization can be called complete until it has progressed from sophistication to unsophistication, and made a conscious return to simplicity of thinking and living.

There is something in the nature of tea that leads us into a world of quiet contemplation of life.

A cocktail party is a place where you talk with a person you do not know about a subject you have no interest in.

The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.

Business men who are busy the whole day and immediately go to bed after supper, snoring like cows, are not likely to contribute anything to culture.

The purpose of a short story is ... that the reader shall come away with the satisfactory feeling that a particular insight into human character has been gained, or that his (or her) knowledge of life has been deepened, or that pity, love or sympathy for a human being is awakened.